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DETROIT (1/6/13) -- The Titans have played 12 games with trips that have extended as far west as California and down south to Florida, and all that was to get ready for the Horizon League as Detroit starts league action with a rematch of last year's conference championship in Green Bay on Tuesday. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (EST) at the Kress Events Center.

The game will be televised live online by the Horizon League Network and there will also be live stats for this contest. Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through the women's basketball GAMEDAY CENTRAL page located on the Titans Athletic Website that will keep fans one click away from all the action. This page will feature links for live stats (audio and video when applicable) as well as links for all the latest info while also making it easy to find the Titans on social media and to purchase photos and game tickets.

UDM finished the non-conference regular season at 7-5, and is coming off a 74-60 setback at South Florida. The Titans trailed the Bulls by just four with 10:35 left, but USF ended the game on a 20-10 run. Sophomore Shareta Brown tallied 24 points and 10 rebounds and still leads the country in scoring at 26.0 ppg., and is also third in field-goal percentage (62.5%).

Senior Yar Shayok grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds against the Bulls and also scored her 1,000 career point in the game, just the 17th player in school history to reach 1,000. Her 11 boards also gave her 977 for her career and she is just 23 away from becoming the second player in school history with 1,000 points and rebounds.

Green Bay – the preseason favorite in the HL -has won five in a row and stands at 10-2 on the season. The two losses have been away from home as the Phoenix has won 11-straight at the Kress Events Center, tied for the 13th longest in the nation. The last team to beat the Phoenix at home was Detroit, 70-58, on Feb.9, 2012, a win that ended Green Bay's school record 40-game regular season winning streak.

Adrian Ritchie leads the team in scoring at 14.8 ppg., seventh in the Horizon League, while her 3.6 assists per game is second on the team and seventh in the league. Sarah Eichler is second on the team in scoring at 12.2 ppg., while Stephanie Sension is tallying 11.4 points and a team-best 5.2 rebounds per game. Green Bay leads the league in scoring defense allowing just 48.5 points per game.

The game is the first of three straight on the road to open the conference slate as UDM will visit Cleveland State on Saturday and Wright State next Wednesday. The contest at CSU is part of a doubleheader with the men's team that will start at 2:00 p.m. For information on how to get on the bus and watch the Titans in Cleveland, click here.

THE DETROIT-GREEN BAY SERIES
The Phoenix lead the all-time series, 36-7.

UDM is 2-19 all-time in road games against Green Bay with head coach Autumn Rademacher a part of the two wins. Detroit defeated the Phoenix, 63-55, on Mar. 9, 1997, when a Titan team led by Coach Rademacher won their first Horizon League Championship title.

The other was last season when the Titans ended Green Bay's perfect season with a 70-58 victory, a win that put a halt to Green Bay's school record 40-game regular season winning streak as well as the Phoenix 36-game regular season winning streak over Horizon League teams.

CONFERENCE OPENERS
Detroit is 14-12 all-time in HL openers and 13-13 in conference road openers.

UDM has twice started its league play in Green Bay falling 76-59 in 2001 and 69-62 in 2010.

COACH RAD NEARING A MILESTONE
Head coach Autumn Rademacher has 69 career wins at Detroit, just one away from tying Sue Kreszewski (1977-80) - the first coach in Titan history - for third in the school record book.

Fred Procter (1990-96) leads UDM with 93 career wins, while DeWayne Jones (1983-90) is at 91.

When Coach Rademacher took over her alma mater in 2008, UDM was coming off back-to-back last-place finishes in the HL and had just 11 total wins from 2006-08.

In her time, Detroit has posted two winning seasons, a 20-win campaign, four-straight years with a conference tournament victory and a trip to the WNIT in 2012, the first postseason action for UDM since the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

WE MEET AGAIN
Detroit head coach Autumn Rademacher and Green Bay head coach Kevin Borseth were both members of the same coaching staff at Green Bay.

For three seasons (2004-07), Rademacher was an assistant to Borseth as the Phoenix won two Horizon League titles and made two NCAA tournament appearances as well as an NIT showing.

As a head coach, Rademacher's Titans defeated a Michigan team coached by Borseth, 67-48, in Ann Arbor on Dec. 18, 2010

BROWN LEADING THE NATION
Sophomore Shareta Brown continues to see her name atop the nation in scoring as her 26.0 ppg., leads all Division I players according to the latest NCAA stats, released on Jan. 4.

Brown is also third in the nation in field-goal percentage (62.5%) and 69th in rebounding (9.3).

The only Titan to ever lead the nation in a statistical category was Brigid Mulroy back in 2010 as she was first in three-point field-goal percentage (50.5%).

OTHER NATIONAL RANKINGS
Senior Yar Shayok is 33rd in the country pulling down 10.4 rebounds per game, while freshman Rosanna Reynolds is 101st with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.

As a team, UDM is 13th in the nation in field-goal percentage (46.4%), 27th in rebounding margin (9.3), 31st in offense (73.4), 42nd in turnovers (15.0) and 49th in scoring margin (+13.0).

NON-CONFERENCE WINS
The Titans ended the non-conference regular season with seven non-league wins, the most since they had eight during the 2000-01 campaign.

The seven wins are also a complete turnaround from last season's 1-8 start in non-conference play, although UDM did win its final three in the regular season, which jump started a streak of 19 wins in 23 games.

#WHAT CAN BROWN DO 4 YOU
Sophomore Shareta Brown's offensive game has her among the nation's leaders as she is currently leading the country in scoring at 26.0 points per game and third in field-goal percentage (62.5%).

Brown broke the Titan school record with 43 points in a game against Lourdes on Dec. 10, and added her fourth 30-point game of the season -and the sixth of her career - with 34 points at IPFW on Dec. 18. Her six 30-point games are tied with Cassandra Pack (1983-87) for the most in school history.

Her 43-point outburst is tied with IPFW's Amanda Hyde for the highest in Division I.

In fact, with her 35 at home against Western Michigan and 34 at Eastern Michigan and at IPFW this season, she now has the top four scoring marks in the Horizon League and four of the top 25 scoring efforts in NCAA Division I this year. Only one other player in Division I has more than two game with 34 or more points on the year (Jerica Coley, FIU - 37, 35).

Also, her 13-of-15 effort (86.7%) from the field against Madonna on Dec. 22 is the second highest field goal percentage in the NCAA this year behind Christiana Shorter of Missouri State's 90.9% (10-of-11) mark vs. Oral Roberts.

YAR 17TH PLAYER TO REACH 1000
Senior Yar Shayok made some history at South Florida on Dec. 31 as she became just the 17th player in school history to reach 1,000 points.

Shayok now has 1,003 career points, and is chasing Mary Lillie (1978-82) and Katie Solner (2002-06) for 16th (1033) and 15th (1038) place, respectively, in the Titan record book.

The fifth-year senior – who redshirted after playing just two games as a freshman due to a foot injury – is averaging 8.2 points this season and 9.1 points per game in her career.

She also has 977 rebounds and is looking to become just the second player in school history with 1,000 points and rebounds.

MAKE IT 4 STRAIGHT WITH 20+
After posting 24 points at South Florida last week, sophomore Shareta Brown has now scored 20+ points in four-straight games. She also accomplished that feat last year.

The last Titan to net 20+ in more than four-straight games was Titan Hall of Famer Cassandra Pack (1983-87) as she had a streak of seven in a row during the 1983-84 season.

DOMINATING THE BOARDS
Detroit has outrebounded its opponents in all 12 games - including six times by double digits - and currently owns a + 9.3 rebounding margin, good for first in the Horizon League and 27th in the nation.

UDM dominated the boards against #6/7 Penn State with a 46-31 advantage. UDM also completely owned the boards versus Canisius (44-28), WMU (49-36), at Ohio (48-37), against Lourdes (42-25), and versus Madonna (48-26).

Last season, Detroit won the battle of the boards in 23 of its 34 games, including 11 times by a double-digit margin.

SENIOR PRIDE
After coming off the bench for most of last season - and making the most of it by earning the HL Sixth Player of the Year - senior Yar Shayok has transitioned back to the starting line-up in great form.

She is currently first on the team and third in the Horizon League in rebounding (10.4), which includes six double-digit efforts.

She grabbed a season-high 15 against Lourdes and also had 10 rebounds against #6/7 Penn State.

The 11 caroms her last time out at South Florida marked the 44th time in her career that she has pulled down at least 10 boards in a game.

ROSIE THE PLAYMAKER
Freshman Rosanna Reynolds has taken over the point guard duties for Detroit and leads the team with 45 assists, with her 3.8 apg., ranking sixth in the Horizon League.

She is also sixth in the HL with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio, and never really comes off the court averaging 36.7 minutes per game, second among her conference pers.

Reynolds has seven games with four or more assists with a season high of six against #6/7 Penn State and against Madonna.

She also just collected her first career double-double with a career-best 17 points and 10 rebounds versus the Crusaders.

In terms of scoring, Reynolds has six double-digit efforts on the year, and is third on the squad in scoring at 9.5 ppg.

WE OWN THE PAINT
With its two highly-skilled post players in senior Yar Shayok and sophomore Shareta Brown, and its' guards ability to get inside, Detroit is currently outscoring its opponents, 418-228, in the paint on the year.

During the 2011-12 campaign, Detroit owned a 1042-638 advantage in points in the paint.

MCCALISTER MAKING THE MOST OUT OF HER TIME
Freshman Tayelor McCalister has played well recently averaging 8.0 points, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals in her last four games, with a season-high 10 against Madonna. She had nine at South Florida, seven at IPFW and six versus Lourdes.

She is 14-for-20 (70.0%) from the field in the last three games and 15-of-22 (68.2%) on the year.

THIS HOOSIER CAN PLAY
Besides her offensive showcase – she is fourth on the team with 9.1 ppg., - sophomore Audrey Matteson has stepped up her game in all facets this season.

Her 19 treys lead the team, while she is third on the squad in shooting at 41.1%.

She has grabbed at least five rebounds in eight of UDM's 12 games, including a huge effort at Ohio with a career-best 13 rebounds, most coming at a time when UDM needed her as leading rebounder Shareta Brown was on the bench in foul trouble.

She is also second on the team with 3.0 assists per game and tied for second with 13 steals.

A PAIR OF TITANS IN THE 100'S
Senior Yar Shayok played in her 110th career game at USF and is just 17 shy of tying the school record, held by former teammate Jalesa Jones (127-2008-12).

Meanwhile, senior Demeisha Fambro played in her 105th career game wearing the red, white and blue versus the Bulls.

A RUDE HOST
UDM is 4-0 at home this season and has won 10-straight games on Dick Vitale Court dating back to last year. Combined with the men's 17-straight home wins, Calihan Hall has not seen a loss in almost one calendar year (Jan. 12, 2012, WBB fell to Green Bay).

The 10-straight wins in the Motor City are currently tied for the 14th highest in the nation and the most for UDM since it won 10-straight during the 1996-97 campaign, and that was during head coach Autumn Rademacher's senior year.

The school record is 17 consecutive victories, which was rolled up during the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons.
In Detroit's history, the Titans have compiled six home winning streaks of 11 games or more.

MORE ON CALIHAN MAGIC
Over a longer stretch of time, the Titans have posted a 16-3 ledger in their last 19 home games dating back to the 2010-11 campaign.

Detroit was 11-3 at home last season and is now 31-11 in their last 42 home games after defeating WMU at home on Nov. 28.

UDM is also 39-22 in Calihan Hall since head coach Autumn Rademacher returned to her alma mater in 2008.

In 35 years of play in the Motor City, the Titans have enjoyed a 267-143 (.634) home court record.